WHITE PIGEON TOWNSHIP, MI — A 35-year-old White Pigeon man was killed early Sunday morning when he was struck by a car while walking in the 69000 block of Kalamazoo Street.

According to a news release from the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department, Jeremy Overton was walking northbound in the roadway at 3 a.m. and was struck by a car driven by Eric Hill, 23, also of White Pigeon.

Overton died of his injuries.

Deputies learned that Hill had been drinking alcohol; he was arrested for operating while intoxicated causing death and was lodged at the St. Joseph County Jail.